John Aidan Byrne
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X-mas extras: NYC ad execs showering workers ź¦ with massive holiday ą²tips
A group of advertising industry employees are decking out New Yorļ·ŗkās diš¦ners and food carts for Christmas with lots of green -- tips of $100 or more.
BOO YORK:š² Big Apple is No. 1 city for witches
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Ghosted! Priest says exorš cisms on the rise as demons now haunt victims by text
US priest Stephen Rossetti, who performs some 20 exorcismsā a week, says demons are everywhere ā even haunting their victims by text.
Here's how much money COVID work-from-home policies have saved NYers
New Yorkers have saved an average of $5,000 during the pandemic. These Gš§othamites told us howź¦¦ they did it.
NYC falls to secoā¤nd on billionaire list as new tax hikes push wealthy out
The Chinese capital has eź¦°xactly one more billionaire than Gotham, 100 to 9ź¦«9, according to Forbes' recently released list.
Runnin' with the Devil: Activists slam Seton Hall radio station's 'Satanic' music
All hell has broken loose at Seton Hall University, where religious objections hšave been raised over a student-run radio station playing heavy metal. The Catholic college-owned WSOU ā which boasts...
Oppoš¼nents seek to block proposed sale of mansion housing Irisšh Historical Society
Eireās glitteratiāfrom Hollywood to law and literatureāare rallying to block the proposed $52 million sale of the historic Fifth Avenue mansion housią·“ng the American Irish Historical Society.ź¦¦ Opponents fear the...
The NYC billionaires wą“ho got richeār during the COVID-19 pandemic
Big Apple billionaires are booming -- with a collectiveą¦ wealth that ballooned by $81B to more than $600B amid the pandemic.
Business analysts see potential summš²er recovery for economy
ź¦” Millions of Americans, idled by the coronavirus pandemic, could soon be back at work ā and still keeping their social distance. Business leaders and anā¦alysts see promising signs of a...
Tips if you're let go because of coronavirus
Workers fired or dislocated by the coronavirus have big questions about everything fš¦©rom healtāh care and unemployment benefits to fears of termination and coronavirus exposure. Employment attorneys and other experts...
Poor NYC neighborhoods a big lą¹ure for investors
New York City may be on the cusp of a new mulšøtibillion-dollar investment boom. A gold mine of prospective opportunities is slowly luring capital into some of the cityās poorest...
Wage hikes, otherā± costšÆs drive bar and restaurant owners out of city
It could soon be last call for hundreds of struggling New York City bars andź§ restaurants. Despite the white-hot local economy, manšy eateries and watering holes are teetering on the...
High-earninā g bankers have little to cheer over the holidayās
Forget the Champagne and fancy appetizers for Wall Streetersā New Year festivities. High-earning bankers and traders are šŗnot in a party mood this year, fearing a mass wave of pink...
New York's super-rich migrating south for better value
Quitting New York is making financial sense for many of the cityās super-rich. Analysts say a growing number of New Yorkās financial elite believe that fleeing the city for other... ź¦
E-tailers turning to mall space as fošrmer malšl merchants die
Reports of the death of the American mall are greatly exaggerated. While brick-and-mortar mall merchants suą¼ŗch as Payless, Sears and Family Dollar are dying at a record pace, more online...
š¼ US banks face uncertain future ź¦in coming years
You canātą·“ necessarily bank on the future. An astonishing 50% of US commercial banks could be gone in the coming years ā a huge loss of over š3,000 FDIC-insured institutions...
Money woes imperil mentalį¦, physical health
Americaās personal financial meltdown has begušn ā and itās playing out in the doctorās office. The record debt US consumers are ratcheting up is propelling a rise in mental illness...
š Rumors IEX Exchange is up for sale after leaving listings business
It could be done in a flash. The high-sšpeed IEX Exchange ā made famous in Michael Lewisā 2014 bestseller āFlash Boys: A Wall Stšreet Revoltā ā is believed to be...
Economy teetering on edge of recession as rates fall, analysź§ts warn
Conventional wisdom has it that lower interest rates equal goāod news for borrowers ā but that might not be the case in todayās economy. As the US interest rate falls,...
Brave New World: Uncle Sam is taxing robots as companies invest in advanceź¦d tech
Itās a brave new world for the IRS: taxing robots. Uncle Sam is padding the Treą“asury with millions of dollars to assess bots at the same time that corporations invest...